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Re: first day of school

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josh l pete (josh-kc)
Mon, 1 Sep 1997 16:15:32 -0500

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For 1st day intro., I display Norman Rockwell ( I have 3 years worth of
calendars). We discuss 'genre' - things that happen around us in
everyday life. I begin by talking about one painting that has a boy,
girl and dog walking. I try to imagine a story from all of the details
and facial expressions that I see. The children are holding books, an
apple, both are dressed up, etc. - we imagine that they are walking to
school, and so on.

I try to call on everyone in the class to describe stories with other
paintings which also helps me to learn names. We continue the discuss
that Norman Rockwell used colors to show moods and weather.

I instructed each student to draw themselves "doing something", they must
be holding an object and should be sitting or walking. By looking at
their drawings, we should be able to tell a story too. I reminded them to
include small details so that we can tell the season or weather like a
cloud, leaf or flower.

Depending on the grade we used crayon, colored pencils, or pencil and
marker.

I always have students date their drawing and I keep them until the end
of school. I have them draw themselves again and they compare how they
have improved.

Hope this helps!

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